Below each proverb I offer a brief explanation of a how you can apply this ancient wisdom to your entrepreneurial aspirations. Chinese Proverbs 1. In every crisis, there is opportunity. Most entrepreneurial ventures arise from a solving a problem.

In conceiving the story of Algernon Allmore (the film has no credited writer, so we can fairly credit Blache with at least partial authorship the director was probably influenced by the stories of Bret Harte.